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Dem Mayor Chris Coleman Pushes Major Tax Hike On St. Paul As He Leaves To Run For Governor

As Democrat Mayor Chris Coleman prepares to leave his city to run for Minnesota governor after 12 years of failed leadership in St. Paul, he’s decided to leave his city’s citizens with a going away present in the form of a nearly 24 percent tax hike. Coleman has openly admitted that he’s leaving St. Paul in a $30 million hole for his successor, and now, he’s decided to impose a massive tax hike as a parting shot on taxpayers. Coleman clearly has no concern for the mess he’s leaving St. Paul to clean up after 12 years of his poor management and now he wants a promotion to the state’s highest office. Coleman’s failed record as Mayor serves as proof that Minnesota can’t afford him as its next governor.

His suggested 2018 property tax levy is primarily the result of the city paying for street maintenance in a different way, Coleman said during his final budget address Tuesday at St. Paul College. People will pay the city less for right of way assessments and instead pay more in property taxes, he said.

A Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that limited St. Paul’s use of such assessments hung over the mayor’s 12th budget address…